§ 2-15-020. Purpose.  


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  • There is hereby established a gross receipts investment program within the city intended to attract new businesses, including retail, or commercial activities or to encourage the expansion of an existing business, including retail, or commercial activity whose gross receipts are subject to the imposition of gross receipts tax, thereby creating new job opportunities for the citizens of the city while promoting the economic growth and welfare of the city, and to improve the city through new construction or the rehabilitation of existing commercial or industrial property, thereby encouraging the revitalization of the city while enhancing the area by increasing land values and providing an overall aesthetic improvement. To accomplish this purpose, the city, by written agreement, may reimburse certain gross receipts taxes directly attributable to construction activities associated with the construction or expansion of a business or commercial activity and the purchase of tangible personal property that will become an ingredient or component part of such a construction project, where the reimbursement thereof is instrumental in bringing the business or commercial activity to the city or retaining its presence within the city.

(Ord. No. 1379, § 2, 10-12-10)